A Haiku Inspired Year 12/16/2011

1:

inside and outside
blankets
one warms – one freezes

2:

rustling the surface
roots yawn
turning

3:

thirst for Spring
drink the dew
prostrate ~

4:

green again!
worms work…
giggling

5:

hope is planted…
head and heart /
weeding ~

6:

paradise warms
by noon…
blooming

7:

glimpsing fruition
plucking cycles
crisp !

8:

upon us
golden light
investing ~

9:

baskets full
the wells are low
change strikes ~

10:

ready?
frost whispers…

11:

silence seasons
resilience

12:

only deer moves
through the window
gazing

- this is a collection of poems written for each month of 2010

Wind born 08/05/2011

wind born
hai-ku style
truth is free

Blue 08/02/2011

blue sun
singing flight
first nest

 

after a winter in the rainforest, some blue sky in the early spring feels elating.
- written in may 2008

Mountains 08/02/2011

mountains before the eye
colossal collision forms
long era of calm

…

bald mountain witness
forehead lined with icy veins
unflinching wisdom

 

-

written spring 2007

 

Wind 07/27/2011

wind storms howl low
wild primordial echoes
pushing men to pray

 

- written spring 2007

Red currents 07/19/2011

black and red currents
a basket topples
her empty lap

Tiger Lilies 06/28/2011

direct experience
against
the momentum of conditioning

Lilies 06/25/2011

lilies leaning

await …  wet

light lover

Frog 06/19/2011

red tints the frog
jumping with a squeal
robin spots a worm

Garden Gate 06/15/2011

garden gate…
treefrog in the distance
cool summer starts -

Early 06/09/2011

the early coloured earth
frog flies underfoot
singing !

Hummingbird 05/30/2011

hummingbird darts
probing the truth
in red water spouts

Robes 05/22/2011

Robes of hay
sitting reborn
killing weeds by the fence ~

Rusty frog 05/18/2011

a rusty frog
jumps squealing
robin spots a worm

Speckled 05/01/2011

Speckled river
seeking thirstily
still light of the deep sea

Frog 04/30/2011

getting sunnier
garden gate sounds
hidden… croaking frog

…

when but now
listen nearby
squeaking like song

Swallow Celebration 04/22/2011

earth day
tree swallows celebrate
flashing green

Brrrrrrrr 03/25/2011

A cold Winter
lingers… even…
after touching Spring!

Rustling 02/09/2011

Rustling the surface
roots yawn
turning.

Inside 01/11/2011

Inside and outside
blankets
one warms – one freezes.